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VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME LEADING TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Building and Construction Programme

Do you enjoy varied work performed both indoors and outdoors? Do you like to be creative and find practical solutions to problems? Building and construction work affects and creates large parts of society's infrastructure and the environments we live in.

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What you will learn in the Building and Construction Programme

You will learn about the different professions in the construction industry and their functions in new construction, renovation, remodelling and extension work. Examples of professional fields are construction metalwork, building construction, ground and civil construction, and painting. You will learn more about how different construction professions contribute to the creation of society's infrastructure and the buildings we live in. You will also learn more about circular working methods, such as how products and materials are used, reused and recycled in several life cycles, thus helping to reduce climate emissions and the depletion of natural resources. A central aspect of the programme is rational and safe construction that promotes sustainable development.

You will have the opportunity to develop your creative ability to find solutions to various situations that arise at work and learn to work both independently and with others. You will learn to take ergonomics, health and safety into account when working and to handle high-tech machinery and tools. You will learn how to plan, carry out, document and quality assure your work using modern methods.

The programme can lead to work as a civil construction worker, builder, painter or construction metalworker.

Diploma goals

The diploma goals describe what you should be capable of doing when you graduate from a particular upper secondary school programme.

Diploma goals for the Building and Construction Programme

Programme structure

The programme structure shows you which subjects and levels are included in the programme. You can also see how many credits each subject and level covers.

Programme structure for the Building and Construction Programme (PDF)

Orientations

Construction Metalwork

With the Construction Metalwork orientation, you learn to work with different types of construction and ventilation metalwork. Construction metalwork mainly involves providing buildings with external climate protection, such as metal roofs, but can also involve cultural metalwork. Ventilation metalwork involves the fabrication of different types of ventilation ducts for ventilation systems for a functioning indoor climate. You will learn to combine design and technical function. You will be allowed to be creative and find your own solutions. This orientation can lead to work as a construction metalworker or ventilation metalworker.

Building Construction

With the Building Construction orientation, you learn various work tasks involved in new construction, renovation and remodelling of homes and other premises. You also learn various work tasks involved in building bridges and other civil engineering structures in the infrastructure of society. This orientation can lead to work as, for example, a concrete worker, glass technician, floor layer, mason or woodworker. You may also work with the assembly of interiors, such as kitchens and shop fittings.

Ground and Civil Construction

In the Ground and Civil Construction orientation, you learn different types of ground and civil construction work performed both manually and through the use of machinery. For example, you will learn how to construct building foundations and lay electrical lines and water and sewage pipework for buildings. You will also learn how to carry out various types of earthworks for building roads and railways, and the landscaping of parks and green spaces. This orientation can lead to work as a construction equipment operator or a civil construction worker.

Painting

With the Painting orientation, you will learn how to treat and paint both interior and exterior surfaces. You will also learn how to install various wall coverings, such as wallpaper and waterproofing covering. You will learn about the properties of different paint types, along with their aesthetic and protective values. This orientation can lead to work as a painter, which offers varied and often independent work both with private customers and in new construction.

The internship has been the best part – getting to work for real and not just reading theory about the work. I've had an internship at a painting company three days a week throughout my second and third year.

Jacob / studied on the Painting orientation

Diploma project

At the end of the Building and Construction Programme, you will carry out a diploma project in your chosen professional field. Through this project, you will demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to start working in your chosen field.

Workplace-based learning

Parts of the programme take place at one or more workplaces for at least 15 weeks. This is known as workplace-based learning (arbetsplatsförlagt lärande, APL). This is an important element of the programme. APL gives you the opportunity to use the knowledge you gained through school and put it into practice. It gives you work experience and contacts you can use when looking for a job.

Apprenticeship education

If the school offers upper secondary apprenticeship education within the programme, you can choose this. This means that you gain the same knowledge, but spend at least half of the programme based at one or more workplaces.

Starting work after the programme and examples of professions

You can start working right after completing the programme.

The professional skills you gain will depend on the combination of subjects and levels you choose from the programme specialisation. Here are some examples of possible professions after completing the Building and Construction Programme.

For more information on the duties involved in the different professions and forecasts of future job prospects, see the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” (Find professions A–Ö) service.

Hitta yrken A–Ö (Find professions A–Ö)

Further studies after the programme and qualification

Do you want to continue your studies at a college or university after completing the programme? Through the programme, you will meet the general entry requirements for higher education studies. After the programme, you can also study a higher vocational education programme or a programme at a folk high school.

General entry requirements for upper secondary school vocational programme, skolverket.se

Qualification for higher education after the programme

Use the “Behörighetsvisaren” (Qualification indicator) service to see which higher education programmes you may be eligible to apply for after the programme.

Behörighetsvisaren (internal link)

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